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--- — ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' «¦¦ ¦ ——~— , — . —;^ tk TO THB EDITOR OP THB BOBTHBHH STAR . mllSL * ""^* ? « " * ¦•» . I took tts- liberty of Worming yourself and review , that I hvi reeeS-r ^ i » j ^ " a ? ta nSasi ^ rgJ , ; ""*»• to ffi 7 eomplamt on being Tefnaad admission to Mr . O'Connor , in custody at York Castle , acquainting me that , bo long dace as the 25 th of May last , direo-S ^ n ^™ 8 lTea * ° fte YiBitinS Magwtrates to allow Mr . 0 Connor ' s professional adviser to see Mm , and re-MmBg my application for access to them .
On Friday last , being a ! the assiaas , not choosing to ¦ Ik the repetition of another purpose journey , 1 aecord-JSJgly applied to Mr . Hague , Chairman ot . the Visiting . fcstices , for admission ta my client , who ie \ & me , that T Hlightisve access , ifi the «* nal way , in the presence anoffioer ! This I indignantly rejected , and we in-* anUy parted ; Mr . Hague going into Court , and I boiling about the Carte Yard , as you may imagine ; a » llfele discontented , ruminating upon the propriety-of » furfhCT correspondence with the Secretary of State , ¦ and again complaining to Parliament , on being a second ¦ tone repulsed by the local authorities ; however , very ¦ oon afterwards , I obserred Mr . Hague coming out of OoHrt , in company with Mr . Noble , the Governor . I then renewed my application , and insisted upon an
immediate and private interview , reminding the former -that this ( the Assixea ) was his own time , and unless I could have free intercourse with Mr . O'Connor , without any restraint , " I should immediately letarn home , having finished my other business , and "Stake further application in another quarter ; at the Wme time informing him that I had applied to the Secretary of State for the Home - -department , woo ^ referred me to the Yisiting Magistrates , to whom direc -ttana had been gron that Mr . O'Connor ' s professional ¦ dvis&r should be allowed to see him . Mr . Hague said be would then Bhow me the correspondence of the "Tisiting Magistrates with the Home Office , which he alleged , directed admission to Mr . O'Connor to be under -restriction . We went into the office , and reference waa
sadd to a copy of certain propositionr « ibmitted to the Secretary of State respecting Mr . O'Connor ' s cue , the answer to one af such propositions being , that " Mr . - ©• Connar ' B relations aad friends should be allowed to * ee hia oftener than the general regulation would allow , tnt not so as to interfere with the good order of the prison . " I repeated my statement to both the Governor And Chairman , that my application was in a professional character , and that they had not shown me anything relating „• thereto ; that under other circumstances I ahould h&ve been glad to have teen him as a friend , bat that I must insist upon my right Jo a confidential iaterriew , baTing to confer . ' ¦ tth him BJWta Hmfrfcftm < J lmportuce . Mr . Hague then remarked that there were other communications
od toe subject from the Hsrare-offite , which hB wonld ahew mo if I would accompany him . 1 assented , aad we crossed the yard to the Magistrates Boom , add after his mroms ; irig in a strong box fall of papers nothing toned up , save ( what do you thiak ?) a little wicked Star , that twinkled me into good humour , and which , M I suppose , had scared away the ' correspondence ;" for correspondence on Mr . O'Connor ' s case there were aoae , and the disappointed Chairman- consoled him-• elf with the conclusion that it had fled to the . fostering tee of its guardian , Mr . Harper , of Davey Gate , Clerk to the Yisiting Justices , to whom he referred me ; although I maintain that it was quite enough for me , Ik my professional capacity , to knock at thfr Castle fate , and , on being refused admisnon , to walk away .
Being rather amused with this incident , I determined to fallow up the search , and proceeded forthwith to D * vey Gate , a gentleman of professional appearance wing up to Mr . Hague just as I left him ( accidentally ¦• £ , « sni , -whom I ventured to guess was Mr . Harper ; trt-hecg as entire stranger to him , I did not intro-* roe myself to his notice , thinfevng that Mr . Hague twmld . have called me back if the " Clerk to the Yisitfeg Magistrates" had so opportunely made his appearance , and who , as I expected on arriving at his office , ¦ was out
I left a note explaining my business , and called again is an hoar or more—plenty of time to search for the j eorrespondence ; and on returning , I was not all sur- i prised ta find Mr . Hague in the office , and with j ( if ay eyrs did not . deceive . me j the very same gentle- xoac who eaae up to him just when I left him . I ¦ merely mention this to satisfy you and your readers , ' that ito say nothing of my own personal inconvenience J in walking from the Castle to Dav ^ y Gate , for the j aceonnnoOation ef the Chairm&n of tho Yisititg M&gis- i trates . and idling away a full hour , } I gave ample time j Jar production of the convincing correspondence that Jfsy interview wiili m ; client was be under stringent restrictions . But mark the sequel . After all this baek-¦ wark and forward work , and searching for staggering !
jroofs , the excuse ft * my not being informed of the ¦ nngamenta respecting Mr . O'Connor a « regarded Biyself was , thrt my written applications to Sir John I * . I * . Saye , made at his' request , were not addressed to tbe Cnairman ( whose peremptory refusal , ba it rensxnbered , of my application , in the first instance , rendered that mode of applying to him perfectly bupeifluous . ) and that the publication of the eorresponienee , in a York newspaper spread before me , con-Teyed sufEdent information ] My unhesitating reply wss , this is not what I want to be shown ; for what Bcarrty had 1 , if , upon a men newspaper report , I had takea another purpose journey to York , that the prison 4 oen woold sot hire been shut arainst me as before . '
and , shrewdly suspecting there was no -condition attached to the directions given to the magistrates inspecting Kie required interviews , I requested to see * be originaJs , and , forsoogi , tbe only letter that could * e found was tfcat of tbe 25 th of May last , ( tbe Under Secretary ' s veryjSnt letter to the magistrates on the ¦ abject of Mr , CCttBaort treatment , ) is which directions are gives to the magistrates " to allow Mr . O'Connor ' s professional agent to visit him ; " this being OBclosive , and , as X remarked , ** eonditioKal , imme-4 iate ? y produced as aBthority for my free admission , on ¦ gr application , being reduced into writing , which was tg-faUowa ;— . " York , l ? th Julr , 1840 .
- " Sin , —In answer to my application -to the Secre--4 fcry of State for the Home Department , for access to Mr Feargus O'Connor , ( at present in York Castie . ) as his professional adviser . I am referred to make application to the Yisiting Justices ; I therefore request to hove access to him for the purpose of conferring respecting the trial of an indictment ,- postponed from last XJTergpol Assizes to the ensuing -Liverpool Assizes , od on other general private professional business . ' " I am , Sir , I " Yourt obediently , " J . CLARKSOB . " To B . Hague , Esq ., " Chairman of the Yisiting Justices , " York Castle . "
" To Mr . Xotte , Keeper of York CadU . " York , 17 th July , 1840 . " Admit Mr . ClarkBon , Mr . O'Connor's professional adviser , to have the opportunity of freAf consulting wiih Mr . O'Connor , and transacting professional business with him . "BAS 5 AKD HiOCB , " Chairman of the Yisiting Magistrates of York Castle . " Ob reeerrinf tbe authority for admission , it was ponded to aie , with strict injunctions from the jealous Cfc&innaa not to bring any tbin ^ from Mt O'Connor tatendefi f c « publicatiOQ . This was enough to put me ont « f htoasv , and I lhorUy replied tii&t 1 knew the rules « f tbe fewxa , « ad what was the proper conduct of a TffffrffWQ ^ n ^^ T ^ fr ^?*
Thus , sfter applying to the proper authorities in the first inataBce , who disregarded my application ; subse . ¦^ uenUy addreesiag the . Secretary of State ; petitioning both Houses of Parliament ; aod being obliged publicly to contradict a falsa rep > n uttered in thu House of Iaords ; to which notice ha « been previously drawn in ¦ Jour journal ; having , by dint of perseverance and oniiceraJile trouble , asserted that right which ought front the first to hare been readily aaeaded , I have to think yoo , Mt . Editw , for this and at ' rier opportunities mt pnbiieJy vindicaung my conduct on this occasion , aad t » act&ewledge my obligation to tbe Honourable Gentleman who presectod ray -petitiwn in Voe ^ Ho&oe-Lf Common * , and tta-NoM 6 ~ awf ' Learned Lord wbo so 4 kbfy defended my character on prdSrstiug a siiniiar petition in tbe Upper House , and avowed his belitf of the truth of Mr . O'Connor's statement
jD-oonctosion , T would add-, tbit whilst I tsTe laboured £ toee ?/ ly in the disd ^ r ^ e of a serious doty to « ay distinguished exnpleyer , I baTo not only the gmtifieaSon to reflect , thst the result has earned me his increased confidence , but , that I have also contributed to Maintain , as between attorney and client , one of the nany valuable rights of the profession of which I am -an"humbte member .
I remain , Dear Sir , } Yours , respectfully , Bradford * £ Oth Joly , 1840 . i . Clauksoh
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: TO rSJt KDITOB OF TBS HOBTHKBH 5 TAS . 8 rR , ^ A * I . hxye reasBn to fear tfcst my chax&cter «» d intPlifJtg hl » 6 , ia Bone degree , saffiwed from tbe false statements wkleh recentfy appeared intko Southern 8 tf 7 ~ stv 3 ~ to which I have had ao means of giving s fvblic refutation , yon will obUge me by inserting in yowrnertnumber the annexed letter , rteeived by Mrs . 3 rien , from the Isle of Wight . By comparing its ffyt'im ) with the-reports of the Portaea and Newport ¦ eetiags ' which appeared in the Southern Star , my old friends- and readers-will at once see what degree of redit ouzht to attach to the Et * l € ments of that paper .. Yows , it . . JaMZS B . O'BRIEIT . " Jaly 8 th , NeTrport , Isle of Wight
Deau Madjlk , —At the weekly meeting of the Isle of Wight Working Men's Association , held July Tth , the several letten which I received from yon . were * e * 4 to tbe manben , u veil at the letter of Mr . O'Brien is the Northern Star of Sunday last The ¦ wtebers wen highly gratified -with Hz . CB- ' s manly »*» sti » J ^*» w » ni Ule of traSi . *• Aftff * W 4 « a » eoB » eHB ± ic » tuaad ca Q&So $ Uher Mtf Ad Kx . 9 « ith vhea they nnaaimotisiy came to tbtJoUffwlSf mdB&o * , aaeof other * : —
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"That Mr . Smith too * imno vim mUhoriaed to date that a public meeting was held at Newport , similar to the one held at Portsea , « to publish what passed that evening at Newport . " There were no more than Jne persons present , and the only opinion expressed was to the effect that unless those exposures were discontinued , the paper would be discontinued . This opinion waa expressed by only one individual Also resolved , " That this association still hold Mr . J . B . O'Brien to be the same honest , upright , and honourable gentleman , as when his voice was cheering the hearts of his friends , and astounding those of his enemies in the Dragon Hotel Assembly Room . 1 ^ s ^
" Mr . Smith called on me in the afternoon of the day ( in which the aboTe somber of subscribers met him pricaldy in the evening } stating that be wished to see as many of the ¦ ubscribers to the Southern Star as possible , with respect to the differences between Mm and your family . " Those present heard the several documents read by Mr . Smith , but expressed no opinion with the exception above mentioned . " Many of the members of the association are highly indignant that any attempt should have been made to lessen the character of a man , who would not have been where he is , had be sot been an honest and sincere patriot , as well as an honourable and upright gentleman . The resolutions are to be sent to the Northern Star . If you should have any opportunity of making your husband acquainted with our good will towards him , you will greatly oblige his friends and admirers here .
" Yours respectfully , " James Cabtelo , Secretary . " One woTd to the working classes . Working men , believe whsi no man « ay » of me or any other person who enjoys your confidence , until you see the accuser and tha accused face to face . I will give your enemies and mine that opportunity the moment I regain my liberty . I will answer all your questions , remove all your doubts , and satisfy all your scruples . You shall , if necassary , know every private as well as every public act of my life , so little do I fear the most rkid and searching scrutiny ; that will be the time for the utan ( l ) of the Southern Star to make his promised " revelations !" aad for me to make mine , so that both may appear in double column . Meanwhile , I pray you , working men , to eschew slanderers and whisperers as you wouid the evil one . The worst members of tLe late Convention—the men who in fact damned that body—and all but damned our cause , were everlastingly calumniating
their colleagues fey false private intelligence . Had tbe Government paid them £ 50 a-week , they could not have done their work more effectually . 1 had hardly left Londou when my WOrtliy coadjutor commenced a war witb the Charier newspaper , and I had hardly got locked np when he threatened " revelations " about myself , and that at a moment when he was " generously " invokiegthe public to sympathise with me , and professing to carry on a paper for the benefit of my " distressed family !!!! " Again and again I pray you , fellowl&bourers , to eschew whisperer's and slanderers , and to listen to no man ' s accusations against auother , unless n * ade in the presence of and with the knowledge of the accused . It would be still better to have no crimination or recriminations at all , if it could be avoided . But as that will be impossible so long a * knaves and spies exist , let the aggressor and slanderer be always held responsible for the consquences of bis aggressions and slanders . Yours , &c J . B . OB
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TO THE XWTOB OF THB HOBTHEKK STAR . Edinburgh , July 20 th > SIR , —I trust that though yon have signified your intention to allow no more to be toid on the merits of the proposed National Press , that you will insert the accompanying notice of some gross misrepresentations on the part of Mr . W . Q . Bums in his letter of July the 12 th ( published in your last ) , when referring to my former letter . I am , Sir , Your most obedient , Scotus . MISREPRESENTATIONS OF "W . G . BURNS . " Edinburgh , 20 th July , 1840 . SIB ., —I have to apologise for again troubling you , but the unwarrantable conduct of the person whose name heads this letter leaves me no alternative .
In bis letter of the 12 th ( and a precious Sunday ' s work it is , ) he h&s » ff *> " descended from hia lofty station to notice an ' anonymous' writer . Bad he confined himself to facts , he might have attempted puns , and showered his abuse ad libitum , without notice from me ; but since he has not only misrepresented my meaning , but misquoted my expressions , I cannot well avoid doing so . He blames me for not reading his plan , and asserts that " it ( the paper ) is not a jointstock concern , and was never published as such . " I freely confess , that I have not read all his plan , but to appease bis wrath on this score , I promise to do so
the first time I require a sleeping dose . I read enough of it . however , to see that the assertion I Lave quoted is falae , and that tbe National is to be ( if ever it be anything ) a . "joint stock concern" as that term is generally understood ; that is , it is to be set agoing , and the profits are to be participated in , by a number of individuals , bo matter bow many . Upon this ground I based my opposition to it ; a&d Mr . Burns may rave and splutter as he pleases , bat until be prove that the forthcoming " concern * is neither to be tbe property of one , nor of more than on © indlTidoal , the grounds of ruy opposition to it are Impregnable .
Mr . Burn ' s wrath next finds vent in the following pretty passage : — " Hear the numskull . It would only be paying money out of the right hand U be received by the left—minus the loss of the p ^ per ; " and then asks triumphantly , " Does he ( Scotus ) supftose the paper will coat nothing V Oh most wise and sapient founder of & National Press ! How unfortunate that wrath ( or was it the parson ' s discourse' ) had so bedimmed thy spectacles when reading my letter , that thou ahouldst have so grossly mistaken the tenor thereof . In the hope that ere this time thou hast had time to clear them , be it known unto thee that I never supposed the paper would cost nothing . Here is tbe passage copied from my letter ; and if thou art unable to read it thyself , just get some other person to do so ,
and never again let it be said that a founder of a National Press—a member of Convention too!—is ignorant of hia letters . " Tbe scheme is just taking pennies out of the right hand pocket and putting them into the left—minus always the expencb of g etting up the National . " I hope you have managed to decipher that ; and keeping In mind that " the expence of getting up" is neither more nor less than the " csst ; " how stupidly absurd ; how unworthy of a Solomon like " W . G . Burns , " does the paragraph I have qu « ted from your Sabbath production appear Instead of thinking the paper would cost nothing . I thought , and , with great ' dtference . still think , it wonld cost much more than its worth ; ard that the RadicaLi would never be enriched by getting back their own money , minus this cost .
Such were really my sentiments , and if you can show them them to be fallacious , you have something in you for which the public generally have never given yon credit . But to save yoar opponents trouble , and the columns of the Star ( which , although not a National Press , is still of some consequence ) , let me advise you , in future , befere you write learn to read ; and be more sparing of a certain commodity , which , although in much repute among the fishwives Ot Forforshire , can do you bat little honour in tbe columns of a newspaper—I mean scurrility and abuse . As all Mr . Borna ' s paragraphs are thus based upon falsehood or misrepresentation , I have no more to say , but remain .
Mr . Editor , Your obliged humble servant , Scotus
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WHIGGERT THE SCHOOL FOR POIATICAX VIOLENCE . TO THB EDITOR OF THB HOKTHEBN STAR . Six , —The following is a copy of a letter I received from my brother , a victim of ^ Whig , tyranny . and- idlnraie . By ^ vingif TnsertJon ; in the next number of the people ' s paper , Ton will oblige , Yours , in the sacred camse of Preedon , WALSIMQHAJf MAKTIM . NorthaUnton House of Correction , Jttly 23 rd , 1840 .
Beau Bbotheb , —I received your letter on Tuesday the 21 st , and was glad to bear of the expose that was made of the pretended liberals . Their conduct towards me is a proof that working men need expect no sympathy from that quarter . If an ultra-Tory Ministry had played the part which they hare done , it would appear as if they were determined to retaliate for the put which they , the workmen , took with tbe Whigs in favour of the reform question . I must owa that I learned agitation in the Whig school , baring been taught by them to use the most violent language for the purpose of exciting the pe « ple , even to acts of violence , of which 1 can produce many inyt > nw >^ But it irai be sufficient to refer to one ; it was at the time Lord Althorp was removed "to the Upper House , wben Pee ! took th « helm ; f m Tory much excited In eonsequence of the Rathcormac affair , which happened about that time . I was then m Droitwieb , in Worcestershire , Hodgetu Fotov of Preetwood , was the
Whig candidate ; B » r » aby , the present member for the Eastern Division of the cponty of Worcester , was the Tory , candidate . As Fotey . was a bad speech maker , and the only person ihat . wat connected with him that was an orator being a parson , I was engaged aa principal speaker , to go round to the public-houses with his hanour to explain hia liberal feelings , which hewtt not capable to do hisaself , and you may xeet assured that I did not fail to state how much farther I waa inclined to go than be was . The Tery committee sent out several handbills exclaiming against the revolutionary speeches of the Republican shoemaker , and I have no hesitation , in saying that the threats that were held oat-by me over the elector * that wonld rote far the Tory candidate was truly awful Bat they were sanctioned by the Whig candidate , for after I had rested a little while firom tbe fattgse of my fin * speech , which sever was less than ah hoar , bat I waa aroused by tlw bonporable ftntlHatftj who , proposing my hralthj
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coupled with some kiftd wish to poor Erin , If 1 had , the privilege of writing here as I had in Terk , oouldni I draw some lovely pictures of Whiggery .. Bat to conclude my electioneering tale . On the last day when we were retreating , Butler came from the committee and told me t was to lead up the mob and create fcrlot and stop the poll , which I am happy to say I refused to fio . The consequence was that we were defeated by a majority of one . who was kept in safe custody till the last moment The Whigs had been apprised of it oy the mean * of a spy , and the committee durst not send me a direct order , which , if they had done , I would have acted in the same manner . You may make what use you like of this . I am , dear . brother , Tours , in the holy cause , WltMAJt MABTIK . To Mr . Walsingham Martin , i SJ » , St . Andrewgate , York . ^ p ^
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TO THB EDITOR OF THE NOBTHKBlf STAB , Lancaster Castle , July 26 th , 1840 . Mt dear Sib , —You will greatly oblige me by insorting in the Star the enclosed copy of a petition which I have sent to be presented in the House of Commons . Yours , &c . James B . OTBrieh . TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND , IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED .
The humble Petition of James Brxmtem O'Brien , HUMBLT Sheweth , —That your petitioner was sentenced at the late Lent Assizes in Liverpool by Mr . Justice Coleridge to eighteen months' imprisonment , on a charge of " sedition and conspiracy , " and is now undergoing his sentence in Lancaster Castle , having just entered on the fifth month of his imprisonment That the only sedition your petitioner was ever guilty of was that of making speeches and delivering lectures on divers subjects of political economy , and in favour of Universal Suffrage , —which speeches and lectures gave unqualified satisfaction to all who heard them ; snd that the only • conspiracy" he was , or could bo , guilty of was the act of attending public meetings pursuant to invitation , which public meetfaga
were invariably conducted with peace and .-good « rder , no riot , tumult , breach of the peace , or violatW of tbe law , having ever occurred at any meeting attended by your petitioner—much less did your petitioner ever recommend or abet any act , measure , or doctrine , that might provoke a breach of the , peace , or produce Wsist&nce to tbe law , or constituted authorities . Under tb' se circunifctancta , your petitioner ascribes his conviction to the undefinable nature of the charges , and to a prejudiced tribunal—the charges being such as might with equal justice have been brought against Many members of your Honourable House—and the tribunal having been composed from a particular class of society—via . the trading or middle doss—who are notoriously hostile to the rights and liberties of the labouring people .
As proofs how impossible it was for your petitioner to have a fair trial , he will simply state that the charge of " conspiracy" included every person present At the meeting , as well as your petitioner , so that he could call no witnesses without rendering them subject to indictment And though there was but one witness for the prosecution , and that witness a reporter , attached to a virulent Whig newspaper . Nevertheless , so prejudiced was the middle class jury , that they delivered their verdict of " guilty" without a m-nneuVB hesitation , and without quitting the box , while in the trial of the Wigan officers , which waa a notorious case of riot and resistance to the civil powers , tbe Bame jury deliberated for upwards of six Loan before they returned a verdict against them .
Your petitioner would also submit to your Honourable House , that the prosecution was brought at the instance of the present Ministry , which has sought every opportunity of persecuting Chartists , and all other friends of the working man ' s rights—that it was got up by the Whig magistrates of Manchester , who owed a deadly spite to your petitioner on account of his having been greatly instrumental in discrediting and stopping their anti-Corn Law agitation—and such was the eagerness of these prosecutors for a conviction , tout StTgwint Ateherley , who conducted tho prosecution for them , did , contrary to the usage of the bar , deliver a long and violent address to the jury , after your petitioner ' s defence was closed , although neither your petitioner nor the other parties included in the same indictru' .-nt with him , had called any witnesses .
Taking those premises into consideration , your petitioner hopes that your Honourable House will agree with Mm that be had not , and could not ( under the circumstances ) have a fair and impartial trial—and your petitioner further hopes that , though your Honourable House should be of a contrary opinion , yoa will , nevertheless , admit that eighteen months' impriionment was by far too severe a sentence for the offence charged against your petitioner ( even supposing him guilty to the fall extent charged )—especially when your Honourable House will have taken into consideration the Tery harsh and stringent regulations and discipline enforced in Lancaster Castle , to a few of which your petitioner now begs to draw the attention of your Honourable House .
Your petitioner complains that unless he be at tbe expense of maintaining himself , he must associate with ail sorts of criminals in the common misdemeanant !' ward , wear a prison dress and woodea shoes , pick cotton all day amongst depraved characters of every sort , and be subject to divers other vexatious and degrading rules of discipline , such as were never intended by tbe Legislature to apply to political offences . Your petitioner complains that the present gaol regulations will subject him to all this degradation , unless be maintains himself , whilst , at the same time , they debar him from the only means he has of maintaining himself and family , vis ., tho free use of books , pen , ink , and paper , &c , and from corresponding with the periodical and newspaper press , of which your petitioner is a member , and through which he has hitherto obtained his living .
Your petitioner has many other grievances to complain of connected with the discipline he is subject to ; but as he presumes that your Honourable House is already in possession of such facts as he might state in illustration of them , he will confine himself to the aforesaid grievances which press heavily and ruinously upon him on account of the peculiar circumstances of his position . Your petitioner , therefore , humbly prays that your Honourable House will take such steps as may either induce the present Government to discharge your petitioner , in common with all other persons now incarcerated for political offences , or else get your petitioner removed to the debtors' side of this gaol , where he may have those privileges which he cannot have on the Crown side , and which are absolutely necessary to enable him to maintain himself in prison , and to support a wife ana three children , who are wholly dependant on your petitioner for the means of subsistence .
Aud your petitioner will ever pray , fee . James B . O'Bbiem Lancaster Castle , July 26 , 1840 .
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TO THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THB STEPHENS * DEFENCE FUND . BbethrExV , —In accordance with my promise , I now proceed to lay before you , through the Star , some short extracts from tho letters mentioned in my last , as having been received by the Delegate Meeting of the 7 th instant , concerning the Stephens' Defence Fund . A letter , No . 1 , from Nottiugham , daWd July 1 st , merely states that , " the notice is too short ; but if the meeting be postponed until the 20 th , they will take the sense of the various public bodies , and instruct their delegate accordingly . " No . 2 , from 'Leeds , ' contains the following resolution of the Universal Suffrage Association , agreed to off July 5 th : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the money collected for the Stephens' Defence Fond ought to be applied to support the whole of , th&imsrifloMd T 3 bartlste " and their families . " _ , ,.- — .- _
No . 3 , from the Bradford Charter Agrioulture Association , states the opinion of that body to be— "That the overplus , now in tha hands of Mr . Thomas Flelden , ought to be delivered over to a general fund for the mpport of the families of the incarcerated political offenders , a * they are called ; and the family of Mr . Stephens ought to be provided for out of the same fund so long as he remains in prison . " No . 4 , dated Halifax , July 4 th , states— " We are of opinion that the surplus of money remaining in Mr . Fielden ' s hands ought to be handed over to the Committee for the benefit of the Chartists now suffering in the Whig dungeons . "
No . 5 is from Colne , from whence there was also » delegate . It states , "that only one opinion could prevail on the application of the surplus funds to general purposes . " It also states , " that when our Association sent the money to Mr . Fielden , they desired Urn to remh the greater part of it to Mr . Stephens , for his own private pane ; ftndwe at the same time requested Mr . Stephens to accept it aa a present , but he positivel y refiaed to aaxpt anything , adding that it and more would be wanted for bis defence ; and we hope that Mr . Stephens , in whose case bo much sympathy was manifested at tbe time of his apprehension , nay not disappoint the confidence of hia admirers and suffering countrymen . "
No . 6 , from Hoddersfield , dated July 6 th and 7 th , contains a resolution , published in the Northern Star of Jury the 6 th , to which is added— "Thai this meeting is of opinion , that this district has an undoubted right t * the distribution of iU share of the surplus of the fond * raised in this quarter , and sent as below : — £ i . d . March 35 , 1839—Bank order bo Mr . Willis , Bookseller ............... 25 o o May 8—Paid to Mr . Fielden ,.... ia 7 6 i 22—Totiie same 4 17 04
Total ...... „ £ 43 4 7 No 7 ia from tofc Chartists of Kelghley , and observes "Toil we beartily agree with you In regard to the distribution of tbe money collected for Stephens . , We think a * yoa do , that the mo « nent he averted the cause
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Of tb « labouring datsei , he forfeited all claim to their support , the money being collected npoii the understanding that he waa sincere , and would continue true to their causa You are therefore at full liberty to take the surplus of the £ 15 sent by us for the defence of Mr . Stephens , and appropriate it to the support of the real patriots ( aud families ) now suffering in the different dungeons , as they are not only ' tenfold more worthy , but in a tenfold worse condition than Mr . Stephens . '' The letter then proceeds to pledge the Chartists of Keighley to send a delegate to any future meeting to be held for the accomplishment of the object In view , shonld * ny such be found necessary .
The other letters I will notice next week , and conclude at present by noticing one received to-day from Kendal , In answer to the circular of the victim committee ; it laments the suspension of tke Chartist Association in that town , and assigns as the cause of such suspension , " that the masters sent petitions for a repeal of the Corn Laws , into their warehouses , signed by the masters first , and a call upon the workmen to follow their example . Somo of the men submitted , others opposed it , which caused ill-feeling and division amongst them ; bat the Corn Law humbug has died a natural death in Kendal , and the Chartista are arousing themselves . Some of the good men and true are on the alert , collecting for the Chartist prisoners , and think a visit from some Chartist lecturer wonld unite them better and firmer than ever . "
Brother Chartists , —As the delegate meeting has agreed this evening , ( Monday ) to take the case ef the imprisoned Chartists into their consideration to-morrow , I shall now await their decision on this subject ; hoping you will read with care the extracts here laid before you , in conjunction with tbe other articles previously published , and anything more it may be necessary to publish on this subject , I remain , Your fellow labourer in the cause of Freedom and universal happiness , William Smith .
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TO THE WORSTED MANUFACTURERS OF THE TOWN AND NEIGHBOURHOOD OF BRADFORD . We , the Members of the Committee of the Bradford Woolcombers" Association , do wish most sincerely to impress upon your mind , tbe necessity there is for you to unite with your Workmen , forthepurpose of removing , if possible , the difficulties under which both employers and employed are suffering . We have witnessed , with regret , turn-outs of workmen , in consequence of their masters reducing tbtir -wages ; turn-outs which have hetjn productive of no good , bat of a great amount of evil . Masters have lost enormous sums of money , and the workmen have been reduced to the lowest point of starvation . Knowing the ovil effects produced by those
tum-outs , we desire , if possible , to avoid them for the future . We know that they can only be avoided by our masters uniting with us , for the good of each ; and all angry feelings or animosities which exist In the bosoms of employers or employed , be banished , and each other ' s interests considered reciprocal . It must have been manifest to every master who bas reduced the wages of bis workmen , that previous to the reduction , it was scarcely possible for any of his woolcombers to obtain an honest livelihood by their own hand labour . But now that the reduction has taken place , our sufferings are augmented and our lives havo become miserable . Our homes which were , not many years ago , the abodes of comfort and domestic enjoyment , nave now , in consequence of the frequent reductions of our wages , and other alterations
in the sorts , become the dwelling places of misery and tbe receptacles of wretchedness . Oar wives , who once were well-clothed , comfortable and happy , are now miserable , and clothed in rags ; their spirits are nigh broken with repeated but ineffectual exertions , to supply tbe necessary wants and requirements of our families . Our clildren , the pledges of our mutual love and conjugal affection , are squalid in their appearance , with scarcely a rag to screen them from the bitter winter's blast ; while the very small remuneration we received for our labour , will not permit us to rmtke that provision for the developement of their intellectual faculties , the growing state of their mental powers , so loudly demand . We feel assured , that if you would ascend an eminence , and behold the emaciated frames , the pallid
countenances , the glumly aspects of the woolcombers when assembled together , you would acquiesce with ius saying , that we ouosulvea are fast sinking into premature and untimely graves , the victims of broken spirits , protracted labour and scanty fare . We are compelled to work from fourteen to sixteen hours per day ,- and with all this sweat and toil , we are not able to procure sufficient of the necessaries of life wherewith to subsist on . When we leave off work at night , our sensorlal power is worn out with fot'gue ; we have no energy left to exert in any useful object , or any domestic duty ; we are only fit for sleep orsensaal indulgence , tbe only alternations our leisure knows : we have no moral elasticity to enable us to resist tbe seductions of appetite or sloth ; no heart for
regulating our household , superintending our family concerns , or enforcing economy in our domestic arrangements ; no power or capabflty to rise above our circumstances or better our condition ; we have no time to be wise , no leisure to be good ; we are sunken , debilitated , depressed , emasculated , unnerved for effort ; incapable of virtue . 'unfit for everything which is calculated to be of any benefit to us ut present , or any future period . Therefore ; "we entreat ef you , to unite with yoar workmen , with that philanthropic spirit , which ever characterizes the benevolent , the humane , the generous and the good ; that you may obtain more profits , our wages become advaaoed , our hours of labour shortened . For there are none but what admit , tlut reducing the wages of their workmen , is no benefit to them , while it entails an incalculable amount of misery upon the working
classes . Therefore , as the rich men at home , and the foreigners abroad , are the only persons beuefitted by the reduction , we feel convinced , that by the united efforts of the employers and the employed , tbe evil which thus causes the wages of the manufacturing operative to be at the lowest possible point , and the profits of the manufacturer to be diminished , may soon be remedied , and our homes become as they were wont to be , tbe abodes of comfort and domestio enjoyment ; our wives well clothed , our children happy , and our hearthstones glad . We trust that this appeal will not be wade in vain , but that you will at once see the necessity of organizing yourselves with your workmen , for the purpose of effecting the above laudable objects , which will be the means of bettering the condition of both employers and employed . Signed on behalf of the above , Charles Simons , Chairman . Henry Burnett , Secretary .
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NATIONAL DELEGATE MEETING AT MANCHESTER . ( Concluded from our last week ' s paper . ) FRIDAY , JULY 24 . The delegates assembled at nine o ' clock , when Mr Deeoan was called ta the choir .
ADDRESS TO TUB PEOPLE . Mr . Philp brought op the address to the people , which Mr . Deegan and himself had agreed upon . The task of drawing it up had principally fallen upon himself , and he had endeavoured to speak in plain and Simple language , such as would be clearly nnder » fco « d by the working classes , to whom it was principally addressed . He would now read it to the delegates , and leave it to them to adopt , reject , or make anoh alterations in it as might be deemed advisable by them . He then read the address , which appeared to meet with the concurrence of all tbe delegates present .
Mr . Spurr , in rising to move the adoption of the address , could not avoid expressing his approbation of it , and of the talent displayed by its authors . It did honour to their head and heart , and he thought It would produce a powenul . effect on those to whom it was addressed . He then suggested one or two verbal attend tions in it , which were adopted . Mr , Smart , in seconding its adoption , also proposed a verbal amendment , which was-adopted . He expressed his unqualified approbation of the principles laid down in tha address , aud of the language in which it waB oMSBied . Mr . Leach said it met his views entirely . Mr . Hanson also expressed his approbation of the address . It was then put to the meeting , and unanimously adopted .
¦ PLAN FOR CARRYING OUT THB CHARTER . The plan having been read by Mr . Arran , Secretary of the Committee of Review , Mr . Morgan moved that the plan be definitively adopted . It had already been amply : discussed ; and he had paid every attention to it as it was discussed clause by clause , and he thought it might be now safely passed . ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ 'V ¦ ¦¦ . ' ¦"¦ ¦; Mr . Baker seconded the motion . . ¦ After a few verbal alterations , the plan was pot from tb * chair , and adopted amidst leud cheering . Mr . Hanson then moved that the plan be printed . It would not appear in the Star till next week ; but if hiau&dtion was adopted , each delegate might carry a copy home to hia constituents . Mr . Baker seconded the motion .
Mfc Philp objected to its being printed at present They bad no funds at their disposal for the purpose , and they " would not be able to get it printed that day , aad all th * delegates wonld have left by to-morrow . Mr . John also opposed . the motion . Many of the delegates had already left , and he should himself quit in two hours . ; . ' ¦ ¦ . . : " . ' " : - . : " _ : . ' .- ¦' Mr . Spurr was for having the plan printed at onoe . The expense was a subject of after consideration Mr . Morgan thought the expense was the principal think they had to consider . There were no funds ; and he could not afford his quota of the expense just at present . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . ' ' : ..- '¦ ; " . ' ¦ ' ' . 'V ' -
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• - r - ; , : ¦; '¦' . •"• CHARIBB MBDAL . ¦/¦ - ; ' ' - ; ¦ ¦ Mr . Spurr moved tlw following resolution : — " That the provisional executive coondls be directed to acoept the gratuitous oflfc * ot a die from a Birmingham friend , and aa soon as possible get 100 , 000 or . 390 , 000 medals struck off , bearing an appropriate device on oae side , with the six cardinal points of the Charter , and on the other the inscriptions " For a nation to be free , it is sufficient that she wills it , " and "Who would be free , himself must strike the blow . " And that sash medals be sold to the members of the National Charter Association , at a profit of not more than one penny ; and that silver ones of not'less than 2 s . 6 d ., and not more than 5 s . value each be prevented to all persons who have suffered imprisonment in defence of our rights and liberties , as a mark of our regard and esteem for their exertions ; and to such other as m $ y be thought worthy by the executive council for the Uma being . "
Mr . Leach said he was not aware that the offer of a die had been made to the delegates . That W& the principal expense ; and the medals , if the die was girds them , would come in cheap . Mr . Hanson was for throwing the resolution overboard . It would be time enough for them to lay oat their money in medals when the Charter had become the law of the land . Mr . PHitp was opposed to taking any decisive steps in the matter at present . He moved as an amendment : — " That the proposition of Mr . Spurr be referred to the Executive Council . " Mr . Smart seconded the amendment Mr . Leach said he hoped Mr . Spurr would see the propriety « f altering Ms motion . They ( the delegates ) were not in a position to give "directions- to the Exeeutive Council . It hod better be left to them ; and he should therefore support the amendment
Mr . Hanson again stated his objection to the plan altogether . ^ . The proposed distinction between common and silver rtedals would only give birth to jealousy and bad feeling . ¦ Mr . Spurr replied , and justtRed his proposition by the example of the teetotallers , among whom the medal system was productive of the best effects . The amendment was then carried by a great
ma-PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE . The following gentlemen were then unanimously appointed a provisional committee , to sit in Manchaster till the executive is formed , and to whom all communications respecting the association are to be referred t— - Meows . Leaeh ............ Manchester . Deegan Stalybridge . Littler 8 alford . TiUman ... Manchester . W . Smith Manchester . J . Taylor Rochdale . A . Hey wood ... Manchester . ' The last-named gentleman to be treasurer .
THB STAB" FUND . Mr . Leach said they had not yet decided what was to be done with this fund . The question was beset with difliculties . It had been suggested that it should be applied to paying the debts incurred in the defence of the Chartist victims . Mr . M'Douall was indebted to his lawyer , Mr . Cobbett , for a considerable gum , and he knew that this debt was a source of anxiety to that inv prisoned patriot They had also a cage in Manchester , of a victim to the cause , who had , at that moment , an execution In his house on account of a debt incurred in his defence . Mr . Hanson objected to any part whatever of the funds going into the hands of the lawyers . He should vote for the whole sum being divided among the wives and families of their incarcerated friends . Mr . Leach said he could not see his way clearly in the affair , and he thought it would be best , perhaps , not to take any steps at present in the matter .
LETTER OP CONDOLENCE TO MESDAMES PRO 8 T , WILLIAMS , AND JONES . On tho motion of Mr . Morgan , the following letter of condolence with Mesdames Frost , Williams , and Jones , was drawn up by Mr . Philp ; and a copy , signed by every delegate present , ordered to be trans mitted to each of those ladies : — " REspectbd Madam , —The delegates assembled at Manchester beg to express their deep sympathy with you in your present sufferings , and their regret at the fate of your unfortunate husband . They have this week been engaged in tho consideration of what should be
done to carry the People ' s Charter—that Charter of whish your beloved husband was the brave and disinterested advocate . On the present unhappy condition of your family , the delegates experience great difficulty in addressing you—their feelings on the occasion are beyond the power of expression ; they would / therefore , briefly acquaint you of their fixed determination never for a moment to forget your patriotic husband , and the unfortunate sufferers who are with him . Their lives shall be , devoted to his service , and to establishing the rights of that people in whose cause your hapless husband fell .
" Then * prayer is , that a knowledge of your husband ' s virtue , afld the justice of the cause for which h&is suffering , may enable you to survive the pains whteh you now endure . It shall be their object to restore them to you , and may the God of mercy aid them in Stteir efforts . " , ; v THANKS TO MB . O ' CONNOB . The following resolution waa then adopted , amidst great cheering ;—" That the thanks of this meeting are eminently due , and are hereby given , to Feargas O'Connor , Esq ., for his able and fearless advocacy ef the rights of the working classes , and also our sympathy for the unmerited sufferings he is now enduring in York Castle ; and this meeting pledges itself never to cease its opposition to the tyrant Whig faction until they be driven from office . "
A vote of thanks was also given , un . eon ., to the reporter of the Northern Star , for his regular attendance on the proceedings , and for his readiness in replying to the questions of the delegates . Votes of thanks were given to the various Chairmen who had presided over the meetings ; as well as to Mr . Arraa , the Secretary , and to the landlord of the house , and the Chairman then dissolved the meeting .
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Fkargcs O'Connor—On Friday , the 17 th ult ., Helen , the wife of Mr . Charles Stewart , plasterer Grape-lane , York , was delivered of a son . The child waa baptised by the name of Charles Feanrus O'Connor , at the Catholic Chapel , York , by the Rev . Mr . Fisher . The Representation op Rochdale . —During this week , a requisition to Mr . Sharman Carwford has been in the course of signature , requesting-that gentleman , in e » 8 e of a dissolution of Parliament , to allow himself to be put in nomination as a candidate for the representation of this borough . This requisition has been headed by Mr . Fenton , the present member , and ia expected to be numerously signed by all classes of Reformers in the boroRgh . —Manchester Guardian .
Discovert ot a Casket op Jewels . —On Friday evening , about Bine o ' clock , as police constable Beedle , No . 141 of the V division , while on duty , was proceeding through Honey-lane , leading from Little Chelsea to Kensington , his attention was attracted to a parcel , wbiclLStasi secreted behind a hedge , on the side of the footpath . On drawing it out to ascertain what it was , he was surprised-at discovering it to be a rosewood « aaket , the contents of which were weighty . He immediately hastened with it to the Station-house of the division , in Millman ' s-row , Chelsea , and delivered it into thATi » n » lH
of Mr . Shepherd , the Inspector on duty , who aad it opened , when its contents wore found to consist of a quantity of valuable jewellsry , namely , diamond ruby , emerald , amethyst , and pearl rings and brooches , also several coatly uecklaW- ' - ' inSiUnM * &e . &c . There is . no doubt it is the pwdacev of m extensive robberyv and that { he thieves , while proceeding with their plunder to some place of security were alarmed , and seoreted . it ; to escape detection . But what is extraordinary is , that , although immediately after thediscovery information was forwarded by route to all the divisions of police , np to last evening no person had com * forward to claim the dtoperty . —Sunday Paper * v , 5 r
n 1 ? ° * * . CHIU PBOX IU .-TRKAXMENT . —At Chelmstord AB 8 Jie « , Jamea Pykp , alia , Pryke , aged ?? ' tt 8 raa ? ¦ P * J * e .-aj 8 ed- » , were indictedV the wilful murder of William Pryke , a child , aged eleven yeare , by neglecting ( as was their duty ? to provide him with sufficient food ^ &v ., and by beating and iU-wuig him , thereby causing a mortal sickness of whwh bodied . The female prisoner was the stepmother . The evidence showed that she treated it with the greatest possible inhumanity . ; at the same time that she well clothed her own children and bedded them with blankets , she wonld not suffer ded any where but shed
£ eas * ^ e ^ p in a outside the house . J ? he jury acquitted the male prisoner , and couvioted . Uio female oi au twault ; at the time ex ' pressing » n opinion thai both parties had been gwlcy of great inhamauity towardB the deoeased . Lord Abinger directed the prisoner to be called iio for judgment , and , addressing her , said that there could be no doubt that t * he had been guilty of die greatest iahumauity and cruelty towards her unhappy step-son , and that she had acted m an unnatural and savage step-mother . He then sentenced her to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve calendar months . ¦
n Assesssd TAXES .-We hear that the people of Bath are imder fearfbl apprehensions restive to the assessed taxes . If what is commonly expected take pbee , there are many who will suffer most grievously . The addition to the assessed taxes wQl notbeten i > er cent . ;; but , in consequence of the new survey , it is expected to amount to 100 per cent . These taxes are a grievance , whoa © existence will , we hope , be o short duration . This straining up the « ord wttl tend to snap it aennder . We expect that , before another session , the whole of the people wttl , without any exception , petition against these taxes ; and , if their petitions be not answered , tbe Government wi ] become the moat unpopular ^ t ever held the reins of staW . —Bath Journal .
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* Jt * CboW" Am HttHMAtrt (¦ ¦ ThmnaJtL At tho dinner given to Mr . C . Howard oQ Mwfc evening , to celebrate his election for the eaBteedfaiL sion ofthe county of Cumberland , the . musical Wat in attendance received instructions to play som «^ Z which- might be eoaddirerf appropriate toF « K toast . So , when 'Her MaJestyV Minister ? % * drunk , the band played uj > , Mik great eneray > jjl Crow ! ' Great waa the consternation which nZ vailed ; the leading men looked foolish and hunt down theii heads ; others , who disliked ^* society they were in , although obliged b y cir « eum 8 tance 8 to be present , showed that they relished the joke by laughing uproariously , whilst the mort zealous of the party oeeaa hooting and hisaing unm the musicians were obliged to stop in the midst of their career . The performers were soundlv r * t * A
for what they had done ; bnt , we understand , they maintained stoutly that they had olosely followed the instructions given them , for that no tune could so appropriately describe the ' turn out about and wheel about' career of the O'Connellite Ministry « Jim Crow .. This , as might be expected , brought da wnvJigle ^ bn t the musicians settl ed the point at once by re&rnng to an authority which their opponent could riot dispute , namely ,, the Carlisle Journal which had declared that the Ministers had aban ! doned their principles to keep their plaeas . After this the Whig-R > dicals thought it advisable not to argue the point ady further , ; but the musicians were not allowed to piay any more appropriate tunes . "
Since Oxford trial a marked difference is observable in the prisoner '! appearanoe and manner . He appears much more cheerful , and seems as If a considerable weight had been removed from his mind . His manner towards the turnkey , who was in attendance on him , was also somewhat different to what it had been before the trial ; and he ceased to continue that reserve which had previousl y marked his conduct . He had been visited by his mother . sister , and both his uncles , and entered into along history of the occurrence , and detailed the whofi particulars relative to his exploits . On Satnrdav
week an order was received by Mr . Cope , the Governor of Newgate , from the Home Office , for his immediate removal to Bethlehem Hospital . On the receipt of it , Mr . Cop * proceeded to the cell' of Oxford , and told him to prepare for his removaL telling him at the same time where he was going to take him . The prisoner did not betray the slightest emotion on receiving the intimation , and in a short time after , he yraa taken by Mr . Cope , jn » hackney coach , to St . G ^ orge ' a-fielde , and handed over to ( ha proper proper authorities of Bethlehem Hospital
A Respectable Woman given ik Custodt o » the Police on a False Charge . —On Thursday evening , a great ooncourse of people was passing through Orchard-street , Westminster , wending their way to the New Way station-hosse , whither several policemen were in tbe a& % of conducting a female , of very respectable exterior , on the very disreputaW charge of smashing , she having previously ( as it was asserted ) tendered a bad shilling to some tradesmen in the neighbourhood . On her arriving at the station-house ( as above ) , the "bad shilling , " and ; consequently , " base coin . " previously attempted to be " uttered , " was submitted to the inspection of
the Inspector , who was , however , so bad a judge of the matter , as to be under the necessity of sending the coin to Mr . Ravenor , pawnbroker , Tothill-street , for farther inspection , who , in conj u nction with his shopmen , unhesitatingly decided that the alleged " bad shilling" was a good one ! and the injured lady wug forthwith discharged . Here , there is an assem blage of aggravating circumstances : —A highly respectable w « mau is dragged like a felon through the streets by policemen , on a very heiuons chargesmashing!—and , after being proved innocent , no reparation is offered for the injustice she has sustained ! . - ;
Alam ( in 6 Fever at Hobabt Town . —According to thrlftfart- Toton Courier , it appears that a fearful fever is raging there . It broke ont in the Penitentiary and the Female House of Correction . Out of a road party of oue hundred and twenty two , near New Town , 95 were attacked , and fitly we still laid up . The average of mortality in Hobart ' Towa since its commencement has been . calculated at as one in seven ; nearly twice the amount of what is ' generally computed as the result of tbe most fatal ' tvver . Another proof of its fatal cSjaracter—ihe Malcolm Hats road party—oat of twenty-eight attacked with the fever , fourteen have died .
A poor Fellow , who was employed as porter in the Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire Infirmary at Cardiff , absented himself on Friday week in consequence of some trivial quarrel with oneof the establishment , and no intelligence eoald be had respecting him till last Sunday , when some boys prowling about the fields at the back of the Infirmary , discovered his body in a dry ditch in a shocking state of decomposition . It appeared that ui retreating to the field he had tied a ligature round his arm , exactly where surgeons useitwitenbleeding a patient , then cut through the veins in the usual place , and there bled himself to death .
Singular Circumstance . —On the morning of Sunday , the 12 th instant , the water in the Sankey Canal , near St . Helen ' s , waa observed to rush away with great impetuosity , and without any apparent cause , in a very short time the whole ofthe water was drained away from the line of canal between the look near the Union Company ' s glaso * works , aad that near the Ravenhead glass-works— -near a mile is length . The cause was at last found to be tb © giving way of the bottom of the canal over an old coal-pit belonging to Messrs . Clare and" Haddock . A large gang of men have since ibeen actively engaged in repairing the damage , and in all probability the navigation will be opened again in the course of the yreek . - * -Maiicfiester Guardian .
HANLEY , FOXTSBXSS . Chartists' Tka Party . —The Chartists of this district , having announced that a public tea party would take place at the Golden Lion Inn , for th * benefit of the incarcerated Chartists , about sixty very respectable individuals of both sexes sat down to enjoy themselves over a enp of good Hyson . After administering to their physical wants , they turned their attention to . the feast of reason . Mr . Mosea Simpson , being called to the chair , made a few excellent and appropriate remarkfl , and then introduced Mr . W . Thomason , of New 6 > 8 tle-upon-Tyne , who proposed " The Sovereignty of the People : may they soon obtain their rights , " in a very powerful
speech . He showed the true source from whence the miseries and distresses of the people sprung . He had been tried in a court of justice , he observed , for advocating the rights and liberties of the labouring classes , and had at that time another prosecution hanging over his head ; but , notwithstanding , he watdetennined to go on in the even tenor of nis way , showing up , with all the energy and ability he possessed , the schemes ofthe present Government , tkejr treacherous conduct towards the people , the manoet in which they had sold this country to foreign powers , and the embarasBments which they had . orougra on every class of society , as was now but too observable in every manuCacturiiiC district . Mr . T .
COBeluded an eloquent address by saying that unless $ » ' working classes bestired themselves , and determined ' to have their rights , the rotten system must boob ; tumble , and society would be enguipbed in its ruin . Mr . J , Chad wick then rose and proposed Labour , - th » source of all wealth : may Ha rwhts soon be ao-1 knowled ge ^ . '' He said there wa&iiot a problem it ,.. ; Eotlid ' s Elements , more mathematically troe , thaa& that labour was the Boorce of all wealth ; bat ia every » ge we have seen that while the labour olasahM wen producing all the wealth , another small clan / ia » been enjoying the benefits . The real producers ! have actuall y been starring for the want of tho » necessaries which : thfiv DrodnoaL and this waflowia * ^
to a w ^^ im |^ v . iili ^ fai ^' ; l ! lw ' neeewtj . i for an entire change , in the present system of pro ? : ducing and distributing wealth , and of governiaj ;; mankind ; becontes more manifest , more appareatt x and more pressing , every day . Uneasines , disopa-wn tent , and fearful apprehension of yet greater evilitj > i come , are universal among 'the population of this , j country ; the Government mast certainly be J > lia « to 4 i by gross ignorance , as every sensible and reasoolbfe ,, man can see so plainly that a change in the whoto ' social system must speedily take place . Why * they still continue in the promotion of jobbUDfaM : ; selfish measures 1 To advance the interests ef «»* % sections of the population at tHeexpense of the ' geae ^ . .
ral well-being ; and the wasteful expenditure of t » public revenues in mischief or luxury . They BW * t see that the water-spout is about to burst , ana way 1 not endeavour to dissipate it , at a safe distance , N that it may be made to deecend in gentle showers I Theycannotfail to see that an entire and radseal change must take place ; and why do they wattM see Aat change cradled in anarchy , and baptiied toblood , by their continued . mockery of the peof »»* wantB and indiffiaiance ta their sufferinra :. miseries . New machinery i ' b being every day DrougU into use , whion diapenaes with th ^ Bervices of ham , labourers ; and these must go to swell the dark an * turbid flood of suffering aMdiw » ntwt-whieh sweaters at the base ' of society , and threatens , er » Jfls * = to undermine its foundationa , and precipitoW . W * whole edifice to violent and terrible ruin . Mi . $ 9
in conclusion , Mid , with such probable result * oaw us , weight , as rational beings , to throw away au unimportant' and secondary consideratioD ^ aw . unite truthftflly and earnestly in the search awrtBi can 8 ealandfignt ^ and permanent remedies ofwW awful state of things , and' once havia g diwwwj ^ them , the whole of our energies ' should be e *?*^* apply those remedies , in time to avert the W ** Btorm of violent revolntion which seems g « wgj » over u& Several other Bentimente and " ^ "rSk were then- proposed to the meeting , amongBt i «^ was ** FearguB O'Connor , and the wcMeanrt ^ Chartists : may they Boon be restored to their f ^! - and the bosoms of their famalies . " They ^ irerB i ^ t Bpoken to , with great ability , by MessA HwknVi French , Mandleyy Simpson , Foster , Oldhaft «• . Thomason . A oofleotion was then B »^? 8 i ! l £ | gether we expect the Jesuit to be about . *»» *» - "" benefit of the imprisoned Chartists .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 1, 1840, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2695/page/6/
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